Donald Bush Cordry (1907–1978)
Auteur van Mexican masks
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: Donald and Dorothy Cordry San Pablo, Nayarit, 1937
Werken van Donald Bush Cordry
The Bead Journal: A Quarterly Publication of Ancient and Ethnic Jewelry (Spring, 1975) (1975) 6 exemplaren
Costumes and Textiles of the Aztec Indians of the Cuetzalan Region, Puebla, Mexico (1940) 4 exemplaren
Mexican Indian Costumes. Text by Donald and Dorothy Cordry. Photographs by Donald Cordry, Etc 2 exemplaren
Los Angeles. Southwest museum. Papers 2 exemplaren
By Donald Bush Cordry Mexican Masks: Their Uses and Symbolism (1st First Edition) [Hardcover] (1980) 1 exemplaar
Southwest Museum Papers, Number Fifteen: Costumes and Weaving of the Zoque Indians of the Chiapas, Mexico (1941) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Cordry, Donald Bush
- Geboortedatum
- 1907-11-25
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1978-08-30
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Woonplaatsen
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico - Opleiding
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Beroepen
- ethnographer
puppeteer
carver - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun Award 1968
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 12
- Leden
- 142
- Populariteit
- #144,865
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7
To be fair the publisher said he fines herd the book only 2 days before he died and it was nearly 3 years later before it was published. He very well may have been trying to write two different books and his wife & UT just put them together for their simplicity.
What I liked best was the reflection of masks and dances that were continued to be used after most villagers converted to Christianity, such as images of bad gods having horns added to make them devils & demons and changing others, like say replacing a fertility god with the virgin Mary. Though most regions this is not so.
Some of his personal 1970s biases were present, like blaming the Catholic Church for opressing history, and defining art as something men did while crafts being women's work.
Given that I still was able to get done with in in like 2 weeks I believe it was worthy of "I liked it" = 3 Stars.… (meer)